CONOLLY, THOMAS, only son of Right Hon. William Conolly PC (I) MP MP (I), Castletown, Ireland, and Stretton Hall, Staffs., and Lady Anne Wentworth, eldest dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758; MP Malmesbury 21 Mar 1759-68, Chichester 1768-80; MP (I) Co. Londonderry 1761-1800; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; a leader of the revolt in the Irish House of Commons against the ministry in 1788, but a warm supporter of the Union; m. 30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 27 Apr 1803. DNB.
CONSTABLE, R. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt) c. 1654 (Dormitory Tablet).
CONWAY, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Conway, Southwark, Surrey, dyer; b. ; at school under Busby seven years; KS 1676; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1679, aged 18; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; BD 1694; Fellow of St. John’s Coll. 1691; ordained; Rector of Bigrave, Herts. , from 10 Dec 1696; d. Jan 1700.
CONWAY, EDWARD, 1ST EARL OF CONWAY, eldest surviving son of Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, and Frances, dau. of Sir Francis Popham, Littlecote, Wilts.; b. c. 1623; adm.; succeeded father as 3rd Viscount Conway 26 Jun 1655; Capt., Troop of Horse (I) 1660; Privy Councillor (I) Dec 1660; Governor of Charlemont Fort, Ireland 1672; Commissioner of Customs (I) 1673-5; Lieut. -Gen. of Horse (I) 1674; created Earl of Conway 3 Dec 1679; Privy Councillor 2 Feb 1680/1; Lord Lieut., Warwickshire, from 1681; Secretary of State (Northern Dept. ) Feb 1680/1 – Jan 1682/3; m. 1st, 11 Feb 1651 Anne, writer and thinker on metaphysics, sister of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (qv); m. 2nd, Hon. Elizabeth Booth, dau. of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamare; m. 3rd, before 30 Aug 1681 Ursula, eldest dau. of George Stawell, Cothelstone, Somerset; d. 11 Aug 1683 [Apparently an OW (Whitmore), but on what evidence ?]
CONWAY, EDWARD, son of Edward Conway, St. Dunstan’s [check], London; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1721/2; in school list 1729; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1729/30. [Perhaps a son of Edward Conway, Master in Chancery]
CONWEY, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1603 (tutor, Mr Roger Edwards).
CONYBEARE, BRUCE LIDDELL OLIVIER, brother of Henry Crawford Arthur Conybeare (qv); b. 25 Jan 1859; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left May 1869; readm. 26 Sep 1872; left May 1876; d. at St. Servan, France, 11 Mar 1880.